REBECCA ANNE PROCTOR

Rebecca Anne Proctor is the Editor-in-Chief of Harper’s Bazaar Art and Harper’s Bazaar Interiors, a role she has held since 2015. She has written prolifically for publications including The New York Times Style Magazine, Bloomberg Businessweek, Canvas, Artnet News, Frieze, BBC, Galerie, The National and The Business of Fashion as well as written several art catalogues on Middle Eastern art and culture. 

In her previous life, after obtaining her M. Litt from Christie’s London in Modern and Contemporary Art History, Rebecca worked at Gagosian Gallery before moving to Paris to pursue a double MA in Middle Eastern Studies and Conflict Resolution from the American University of Paris and a Master’s in «Sociologie des Conflits» from L’Institut Catholique. Two dissertations later, one developed in Lebanon’s Baalbek region, she moved to Abu Dhabi in 2009 where she worked at the Barakat Gallery and then at Ayyam Gallery in 2011 as an art consultant. Always hungry for new horizons and encounters, Rebecca is an extensive traveler. She travelled throughout the Middle East, Turkey, Iran, North and Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. 

Additionally, Rebecca is regularly asked to animate panels, debates and round tables on arts, culture and media Arts in Europe, the Middle East and North America, at artistic events or on TV, in front of the most varied audiences.